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What's The Oddest/Weirdest Coin You've Ever Bought For Your Collection?

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 Posted 01/09/2021  4:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list
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Having not taken chemistry in high school I've never heard of niobium.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobium

Cool coin. Says that niobium has comparable hardness to titanium. Impressive.
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 Posted 01/09/2021  4:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepactonius to your friends list
Gimicky Canadian coins:

Canada -- 25 dollars, 2015:

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Canada -- 3 dollars, 2017:

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Canada -- 20 dollars, 2018:

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Canada -- 20 dollars, 2019:

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 Posted 01/09/2021  4:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepactonius to your friends list
Curved coins from the US:

United States -- 5 dollars, 2019:

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 Posted 01/09/2021  4:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepactonius to your friends list

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Having not taken chemistry in high school I've never heard of niobium.


When I was little, it was sometimes called Columbium.
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 Posted 01/09/2021  8:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add commems to your friends list
I don't recall ever adding anything weird to my collection - everything has been sensible and according to plan!

In terms of odd, however, I consider these coins a bit odd. They are, after all, missing a key component of their planchet! Something you don't see everyday!

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I discussed details about the set previously; you can read them here: Bicentennial Clad Layer Missing Error Coins.




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 Posted 01/10/2021  01:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list
Ah the shu coins. It's a neat choice!

Believe it or not, in 1500s Japan was supplying about 30% of the world's silver supply!

This is a coin issued in 1863 in Akita Prefecture - 4 monme 6 bu ginban

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I've been trying to get my hands on other Japanese silver coins but they do get pretty expensive.

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 Posted 01/10/2021  07:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tdziemia to your friends list
Very interesting items!

Makes me feel very narrow-minded in my numismatic aims.
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 Posted 01/11/2021  09:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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They are, after all, missing a key component of their planchet! Something you don't see everyday!
Excellent!
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 Posted 01/11/2021  11:03 am  Show Profile   Check SPP-Ottawa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add SPP-Ottawa to your friends list
I collect this 'odd' series... all devices are incuse, the fields are the highest points on the coin (outside of the rims). The 1, 2 and 5 ore coins are similar designs.

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 Posted 01/11/2021  12:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list
Here's one I bought mostly because it looked cool but it could be argued that it's odd.

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 Posted 01/11/2021  12:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add erafjel to your friends list

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I collect this 'odd' series...

Haha, have never thought of those as odd - they were just the coppers that weighed down my pockets when I was a kid on my way to the candy store
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 Posted 01/11/2021  3:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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I collect this 'odd' series... all devices are incuse, the fields are the highest points on the coin (outside of the rims). The 1, 2 and 5 ore coins are similar designs.
Very interesting!
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 Posted 01/11/2021  6:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list
My policy of "if it doesn't fit in a 2x2 I don't really want it" precludes me from getting the extremely odd numismatic items. I think the "oddest" piece I have on file is this one (sorry, I don;t have a pic of the obverse). It's a very-debased-silver stater issued by the Coriosolite refugees on Jersey, a Celtic tribe who were trying to flee from the Roman invasion of mainland Gaul.

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 Posted 01/11/2021  6:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepactonius to your friends list
Actually, you don't have to look too hard to find incuse:

United States, 2.5 dollars, 1926:

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 Posted 01/12/2021  1:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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Actually, you don't have to look too hard to find incuse: United States, 2.5 dollars, 1926:
Great example!
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